@article{article_1020169, title={THE ELECTION PROPAGANDA IN ARMENIA UNDER THE RULE OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNIST PARTY}, journal={Review of Armenian Studies}, pages={53–81}, year={2021}, author={Işık, Metin and Karaca, Mustafa and Çakı, Caner}, keywords={Armenia, Propaganda, Communist Party, Election, Communism}, abstract={In the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), the citizenship rights of the Armenian people were determined within the framework of the Soviet constitutions. The use of the right to vote by the Armenian people on the basis of the constitution in force in the Soviet Union was also realized in the shadow of the Communist Party. Elections were held in the ASSR under the leadership of the Communist Party of Armenia (CPA), a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and the Armenian people were encouraged to participate in the elections through propaganda posters prepared during this period. This study aimed to reveal the messages given in the election propaganda under the power of the CPA by examining the election-themed propaganda posters in the ASSR. For this purpose, within the scope of the study, the posters used in election propaganda under the power of the CPA were analyzed through the semiotic concepts of the US semiotician Charles William Morris. In the findings obtained in the study, it was revealed that the Armenians, who adopted the communist ideology and voted in line with the ideas of Vladimir Lenin, were presented as idealized Armenian citizens in the election posters. On the basis of the posters, it was determined that the Armenian people participated in the elections within the framework of the limited authority given by the Soviet constitutions. On the other hand, it was concluded that the communist ideology and regime were tried to be glorified in the Armenian public opinion through the election-themed propaganda posters. As a result, it was revealed in the study that the election propaganda under the CPA government tried to legitimize the communist regime in the Armenian public opinion by ensuring that the Armenian people supported the candidates approved by the regime.}, number={44}, publisher={Terazi Yayıncılık}